Jack Flaherty is going to be a big-time arm for St. Louis. Consider the following:

.@Jack9Flaherty made history today:▪️13 Ks are the most by a Cardinal pitcher in 2018.▪️13 Ks in one of his 1st 10 @MLB games surpasses the previous Cardinals' record of 11.▪️Becomes the 8th Cardinal pitcher to post a 10+ strikeout game in one of his first 9 starts. pic.twitter.com/PkiU0qC9eN

Flaherty is a guy that other teams would kill to have in their organization. Arm talent like his do not come around very often. I wondered a lot why the Cardinals delayed putting Flaherty in the rotation to go back to Adam Wainright time and again for a floundering and failed experiment.

The Phillies saw on Sunday that this is not a guy you want to tangle with. He’s going to have a really big year and become a household name in St. Louis this season. Even if Hoskins did dent the scoreboard with a big fly early in the game.